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Marie Pasteur was interred at the foot of this altar.
Luc-Olivier Merson, Charles Girault1895/1896
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Louis Pasteur died on September 28, 1895 in Marnes-la-Coquette and was laid to rest in a Neo Byzantine style funeral chapel, the Crypt, at the heart of the Institut Pasteur.
Louis Pasteur had a state funeral, but his wife, Marie Pasteur, refused to allow Louis Pasteur to be interred in the Panthéon.
A crypt was therefore built, the work of architect Charles-Louis Girault, mosaic artist Auguste Guilbert-Martin, and painter Luc-Olivier Merson.
Through its magnificent multicolored mosaics, the chapel offers an overview of Louis Pasteur's discoveries.
Marie Pasteur was interred there in 1910.
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- Title: Marie Pasteur was interred at the foot of this altar.
- Creator: Charles-Louis Girault, Auguste Guilbert-Martin, Luc-Olivier Merson
- Date Created: 1895/1896
- Subject Keywords: Crypte
- Type: Crypte
- Rights: Musée Pasteur © Olivier Panier des Touches/Dolcevita
- Compléments: The alcove to the left contains the death mask of Louis Pasteur; the one to the right contains that of Doctor Emile Roux. Doctor Roux, an eminent scientist, worked with Louis Pasteur and was the director of the Institut Pasteur from 1904 to 1933. Doctor Roux was buried in the gardens of the Institut Pasteur.
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